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Male Common Checkered Skipper (Pyrgus communis) found along the Yakima Greenway Pathway south of Sarg Hubbard Park in Yakma, WA. Sept. 9, 2018.
Viewed: 9 times.
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| Lewis's Woodpecker at Fort Simcoe State Park west of White Swan, WA. Sept. 8, 2018.
Viewed: 9 times.
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| Black bear in the backyard of one of the ranger's houses at Fort Simcoe State Park west of White Swan, WA. Sept. 8, 2018.
Viewed: 12 times.
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| Another shot of the black bear in the backyard of one of the ranger's houses at Fort Simcoe State Park west of White Swan, WA. Sept. 8, 2018.
Viewed: 9 times.
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| A (you're not going to believe this!) grasshopper hunter wasp with a grasshopper it had killed in our garden southwest of the Yakima, WA airport. I watched the wasp carry the grasshopper about six feet from the spot where it caught it to the rock they are on. Amazing! July 9, 2018.
Viewed: 13 times.
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| White-winged Scoter at the Grandview, WA Wastewater Treatment Plant. A very rare summertime visitor to Yakima County. Aug. 30, 2018. Digiscoped.
Viewed: 29 times.
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Juvenile Red-necked Phalarope at Wenas Lake north of Selah, WA. Aug. 29, 2018.
Viewed: 25 times.
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| Common Loon starting to molt into winter plumage in the bay off the OyehutWildlife Area, Ocean Shores, WA. Aug. 26, 2018.
Viewed: 22 times.
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| Green Heron at the Tokeland, WA marina. Aug. 25, 2018.
Viewed: 20 times.
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| Another shot of the Green Heron at the Tokeland, WA marina. Aug. 25, 2018.
Viewed: 18 times.
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| Female or immature Purple Martins near the Tokeland, WA marina. Aug. 25, 2018.
Viewed: 21 times.
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| The Monte Carlo, skippered by Phil Anderson, returning from a pelagic trip west of Westport, WA. Aug. 25, 2018.
Viewed: 20 times.
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The Monte Carlo, skippered by Phil Anderson, in the calm waters of the Westport, WA harbor. Aug. 25, 2018. Click on the photo to enlarge.
Viewed: 21 times.
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| Baird's Sandpiper at Bottle Beach west of Aberdeen, WA. Aug. 24, 2018.
Viewed: 17 times.
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| Juvenile Ring-billed Gull at the Hoquiam, WA, sewage treatment ponds. Aug. 24, 2018.
Viewed: 18 times.
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| Juvenile Caspian Tern at the Hoquiam, WA, sewage treatment ponds. Aug. 24, 2018.
Viewed: 19 times.
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| A worn Purplish Copper (Lycaena helloides) at the Oyehut Game Range, Ocean Shores, WA. Aug. 24, 2018.
Viewed: 16 times.
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| Short-billed Dowitcher (left) with a Long-billed Dowitcher at Wenas Lake north of Selah, WA. Aug. 12, 2018.
Viewed: 46 times.
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Photo at left cropped closer to show just the Short-billed Dowitcher at Wenas Lake north of Selah, WA. Aug. 12, 2018.
Viewed: 43 times.
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| Short-billed Dowitcher at Wenas Lake north of Selah, WA. It has been there since Aug. 12. August 17, 2018.
Viewed: 32 times.
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| Black and Yellow Mud Dauber at Wenas Lake north of Selah, WA. This is an interesting wasp. I suggest you google it and learn all about it. Aug. 12, 2018.
Viewed: 33 times.
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| Two-tailed Swallowtail (Palilio multicaudata) on milkweed along the Tieton River Nature Trail west of Naches, WA. July 1, 2018.
Viewed: 58 times.
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| Zerene Fritillary (Speyeria zerene) in Milk Canyon in the Wenas area northwest of Selah, WA. June 29,2018.
Viewed: 62 times.
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| Yellow-pine chipmunk in Milk Canyon in the Wenas area northwest of Selah, WA. June 29, 2018.
Viewed: 101 times.
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Bullock's Oriole on the hummingbird feeder near the kitchen window at our house southwest of the Yakima, WA airport. June 25, 2018.
Viewed: 66 times.
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| Another shot of the Bullock's Oriole on the hummingbird feeder near the kitchen window at our house southwest of the Yakima, WA airport. June 25, 2018.
Viewed: 65 times.
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| California Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis californica) on a sea holly plant in our garden southwest of the Yakima, WA airport. June 25, 2018.
Viewed: 58 times.
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| Underside of the California Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis californica) in our garden southwest of the Yakima, WA airport. June 25, 2018.
Viewed: 48 times.
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| Bonaparte's Gull (or, according to my mother, Napolean's Gull) at Randall Park in Yakima, WA. Found by Richard Repp. June 17, 2018.
Viewed: 80 times.
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| Pileated Woodpecker in the Middle Fork of the Ahtanum west of Yakima, WA. June 17, 2018.
Viewed: 66 times.
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Underside of a Great Arctic (Oeneis nevadensis) in the Oak Creek Wildlife Area west of Naches, WA. June 12, 2018.
Viewed: 55 times.
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| Underside of a Western Sulphur (Colias occidentalis) in the Oak Creek Wildlife Area west of Naches, WA. June 12, 2018.
Viewed: 72 times.
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| Olive-sided Flycatcher in the Oak Creek Wildlife Area west of Naches, WA. June 9, 2018.
Viewed: 95 times.
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| Black-headed Grosbeak in the Oak Creek Wildlife Area west of Naches, WA. June 9, 2018.
Viewed: 68 times.
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| Northern Pygmy-Owl in the Oak Creek Wildlife Area west of Naches, WA. June 12, 2018.
Viewed: 76 times.
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| Probable Red-naped X Yellow-bellied Sapsucker hybrid at the White Pass Campground, Yakima County, WA. The broadly barred back and slight buffy tinge to the back suggest Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. June 7, 2018.
Viewed: 91 times.
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Another shot of the probable Red-naped X Yellow-bellied Sapsucker hybrid at the White Pass Campground, Yakima County, WA. The lack of a red nape may have been caused by wear on a RNSA, though a small percentage of YBSA do show some red on the nape. June 7, 2018.
Viewed: 89 times.
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| The red throat with white chin on the possible Red-naped X Yellow-bellied Sapsucker shows strong RNSA genes. June 7, 2018.
Viewed: 98 times.
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| Red-breasted Sapsucker at the White Pass Campground, Yakima County, WA. It appeared to be mated with the hybrid Red-naped X Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. June 7, 2018.
Viewed: 70 times.
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| Another shot of the Red-breasted Sapsucker at the White Pass Campground, Yakima County, WA. It appeared to be mated with the hybrid Red-naped X Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. June 7, 2018.
Viewed: 83 times.
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| The mismatched pair of sapsuckers at the White Pass Campground, Yakima County, WA. June 7, 2018.
Viewed: 97 times.
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| Red-breasted Sapsucker in the White Pass Campground at the summit of White Pass, Yakima County, WA.
Viewed: 76 times.
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Bushtit in the Oak Creek Wildlife Area west of Naches, WA. June 7, 2018.
Viewed: 94 times.
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| Western rattlesnake on Oak Creek Road in the Oak Creek Wildlife Area west of Naches, WA. It is about 30 inches long. June 7, 2018.
Viewed: 77 times.
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| Forster's Tern at the Sunnyside Wildlife Area south of Sunnyside, WA. June 5, 2018.
Viewed: 101 times.
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| Another shot of the Forster's Tern at the Sunnyside Wildlife Area south of Sunnyside, WA. June 5, 2018.
Viewed: 77 times.
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| Male Northern Harrier soaring over Black Canyon in the Wenas area northwest of Selah, WA. June 3, 2018.
Viewed: 97 times.
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| Black-billed Magpie in the Tahoma Cemetery in Yakima, WA. March 30, 2018.
Viewed: 77 times.
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A second Black-billed Magpie in the Tahoma Cemetery in Yakima, WA. March 30, 2018.
Viewed: 78 times.
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| Northern Saw-whet Owl owllet peeking out of the nest cavity in a snag in the Wenas Campground in the Wenas area northwest of Selah, WA. May 29, 2018.
Viewed: 92 times.
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| Anise Swallowtail (Papilio zelicaon)in the Wenas Campground in the Wenas area northwest of Selah, WA. May 29, 2018
Viewed: 92 times.
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| Pale Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio eurymedon) in the Wenas Campground in the Wenas area northwest of Selah, WA. May 29, 2018.
Viewed: 81 times.
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| Townsend's Solitaire in the Wenas Campground northwest of Selah, WA. May 29, 2018.
Viewed: 106 times.
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| Pale Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio eurymedon) in the Wenas Campground northwest of Wenas Lake, Yakima County, WA. May 29, 2018.
Viewed: 90 times.
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